Tom

Members have road registered garden tractors before so it is possible!

As far as I remember if not requiring an age related plate then a V55 Form, Your ID, Valid Insurance (NFU etc) and some pictures of the tractor then take all the paperwork to a DVLA office.

An age related plate also requires either an original sales invoice or proof of manufacture and if it’s a non-UK tractor then proof of export may be required.

I’d check with the DVLA and the V55 form as a starting point – it may have changed. The V55 can be ordered from the DVLA website.

Tom, have a look at the FBHVC website there have been numerous articles in their recent newsletters about registering vehicles, it has got harder since closure of local DVLA offices. Do you really need to register it?

Don’t forget that once it’s registered you are then on the DVLA’s radar and they monitor whether you have insured the vehicle, got it MOT’d, etc. It’s easier to SORN the vehicle if you aren’t using it on the road to stop them sending you reminders/fines, but then that begs the question why you need it registered in the first place. They will also ask if the vehicle is adapted for road use, which is not an easy thing to do.

I suppose what I’m trying to say is that it is that complicated to do these days it often isn’t worth the effort.

To be totally legal I believe that the Westwood must be initially registered and display the allocated reg number but after that it will be exempt from road tax but you may have to renew the exemption annually. That’s how it worked for the fork truck that we had and used to travel between two units on an industrial estate. That was in the days of the tax disc and every year we got one with “£ EXEMPT”.
Insurance needs to be “road traffic act” not just public liability.
Not sure how you stand with “construction and use” as if it has lights they must work and comply so perhaps best “not to have any”!
AS for driving it on the pavement – no difference, the pavement is still part of the public highway.
Worst case scenario is that you are proceeding around the estate in a semi lawful manner and a small child collides with you and is hospitalised. Parents contact “we take any case.com” and the S**t hits the fan.

Hello, I am new to this Group and I am also involved in the Autotruck Club who are registered with the DVLA for the purpose of acquiring Age Related Registrations,look at our site http://www.autotruck.org or our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/AUTOTRUCK-CLUB-208967702261/ for recent successes in this service, happy to help anyone obtain a Registration.